100,000 New Yorkers powered up

After nearly five days of going back and forth between sunshine and candles, 100,000 New Yorkers in downtown Manhattan are finally able to turn on the lights with the flick of a switch.

“Your wish is our command,” wrote Con Edison, New York’s power company, on their Twitter feed. And just minutes ago posted that power has been restored from the Hudson River on west, 31st Street on the north, 14th Street on the south, and 5th Avenue on the east.

And that’s not all, according to the company's Facebook page power was earlier restored to Canal Street on south, Broadway to the west, East River to the east, and 14th Street to the north.

At the moment it is unclear exactly how many New Yorkers still remain without power, though less than a day ago there were multiple reports of 500,000 people without power.